KUENG CAPUTO Lovis Caputo Born on July 13th, 1979 in Zurich, Switzerland EDUCATION 2004-2008
HGKZ, Department Industrial Design, Zurich, Switzerla2nd
1999-2003
Apprenticeship as welder, Firma Metall, Zurich, Switzerland
Sarah Kueng Born on February 28th, 1981 in Affoltern, Switzerland EDUCATION 2004-2008
HGKZ, Department Industrial Design, Zurich, Switzerland
1996-2001
Grammar School, Typ D, Liceo Aristico in Zurich, Switzerland
EXHIBITIONS 2014
Never Too Much, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY
2013
100km Art, Tirana/Shkodra Public Art Parcours, Albania This Is The House That Jack Built, Helmrinderknecht, Zurich, Switzerland Nomadic Furniture 3.0, MAK, Vienna, Austria Studio Insights – Wonder Cabinets, ICFF, New York, NY
2012
Studio Insights – Wonder Cabinets, ICFF, London, UK Grosser als Zurich – Kunst in Aussershil, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland Edition 21, Helmrinderknecht, Berlin, Germany Compliment Machine, Bigger than Zurich curated by Michael Hiltbrunner, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland Material, curated by Duro Olowu, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY Lampada appoggiata, Edition 21 / Zurich, Helmrinderknecht, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Sand Chair Serie, Salon 94, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL Lampada a stelo, Fool me twice, Light Projects, Melbourne, Australia Sand Chair Serie, Salon 94, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK Flying Shelf, curated by Daijiro Mizuno, Designeast, Osaka, Japan Totem Taboo, Quartier21, Vienna, Austria Summer Window, curated by Andrea Thal, Les complices, Zurich, Switzerland DMY Copy by Kueng Caputo, DMY, Berlin, Germany A Grammar of the Third Person, curated by Burkhard Meltzer & Tido von Oppeln, Corner College, Zurich, Switzerland The quadrangular cloud, Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2010
Freak Show: Strategies for (dis)engagement in design, Helmrinderknecht Contemporary Design Gallery, Berlin, Germany Einen Haufen Stapel, Projectspace Kunsthalle, Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria Furniture for Salon94, Salon 94 Gallery / Frieze Art Fair, London, UK Lampada a Mobile, curated by Daijiro Mizuno, Designeast, Osaka, Japan
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Design for Life, curated by Vanessa Norwood, A Foundation, London, UK Deliver Takeaway, Zona Tortona, Furniture Fair Milano, Milan, Italy Five stars cardboard, Art Prospects gallery, New York, NY 2009-2010
Rock Garden, curated by Jeanne Greenberg and Fabienne Stephan, Salon94, New York, NY Swiss Federal Design Awards, Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009
Copy by Kueng Caputo Copy by Isolationunit, Designtide, Tokyo, Japan Autoprogettazione Revisited, AA Gallery, London, UK Everything Design, curated by Renate Menzi, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland Do you know Brenda Fassie?, Cape09, Cape Town, South Africa Copy by Kueng Caputo, Booklaunchexhibition, Franziska Kessler gallery, Zurich, Switzerland Copy of Frederic Dedelley, Franziska Kessler gallery at Domizil, Basel, Switzerland
2008
Diploma Exhibition, Goods Station, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Five stars cardboard, Igheo, Basel, Switzerland Five stars cardboard, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea Living room invasion, Making Things, Zurich, Switzerland Suite: Classico Romatico, Art at Nhow, Milano, Italy Ingo Griezendanner features Kueng Caputo, curated by Joanna van der Zanden, Platform 21, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Five stars cardboard, at the Salone Satellite, Milano, Italy
2006
72 Hours Hotel, Goods Station, Zurich, Switzerland
PUBLIC DESIGN 2013
Neu/Vertraut, St.Moritz, Switzerland
2012
Reading Room, Nextex, St.Gallen Switzerland Ping pong table, Hinterhof Offspace, Basel, Switzerland WeMakeIt.ch, temporary interior design, Bleicherweg, Zurich, Switzerland Times, Restaurant/Bar, interior design, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Güsel, childrentheater scenography, Theater Marie, Aarau, Switzerland Minigolf Court, Hinterhof Offspace, Basel, Switzerland
2010
Let‘s make up India, stage design, Fabriktheater, Zurich, Switzerland Motto‘ Bookstore, interior design, Perla Moda, Zurich, Switzerland Moon River, fashionshow set installation for Toujourtoi, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
2009
Improkitchen, set design, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland Forms of Inquiry, exhibition design, Archizoom, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Corner College, interior design, Perla Moda, Zurich, Switzerland Art Bingo, exhibition design, Leimbach, Switzerland
WORK SHOPS 2012
Prejudice, Sandberg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Eine Idee wird Dreidimensional, F+F, Zurich, Switzerland
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Carte Blache, FH, Aarau, Switzerland 2011
Kidsworkshop, Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria Packaging Design, Hslu, Luzern, Switzerland Second Life, guest academic, Hslu, Luzern, Switzerland Let‘s eat, Winteracademy Gessnerallee, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Der Lauf der Dinge, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Copy By Ultra Factory, Kyoto University of the Arts, Japan Do you know Brenda Fassie?, Cape Town, South Africa
PUBLICATIONS 2011
Totem and Taboo, Vienne: Schlebrügge.Editor, 2011 Stuart, Chrisopher. DIY Furniture, London: Laurence King Publishing, 2011 R. Klanten, K. Bolhöfer, A. Mollard, S. Ehmann, Delicate, New York: Gestalten, 2011
2010
Lucas, Dorian. Swiss Design, Berlin: Braun Publishing, 2010 Cardboard Book, Singapore: an\b editions, 2010
2009
Papercraft, New York: Gestalten, 2009 Autoprogettazione Revisted, London: Bedford Press, 2009 Forms of Inquiry, London: Bedford Press, 2009 Copy by Kueng Caputo, Berlin: Passenger Books, 2009
AWARDS/SUPPORT 2011 2009 2007
Atelier Stipendium, Museumsquartier, Wien, Austria DMY Jury Selection, Berlin Go east (support), Jaipur, India, Pro Helvetia Swiss Federal Design Awards ‘Bedlandscape‘, 1stt prize Swissôtel, Zurich, Switzerland Realisation Ballon Action Berge von Frust for NCBI, 1st prize
PRESS 2014
2013
Browne, Alix. “Kueng and Caputo” W Magazine, April 2014 “Kueng Caputo” Art in America, 2014 “Never Too Much” Designlines, January 20, 2014 NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung Stil, July 6, 2014 “Trendticker” Elle Decoration Germany, 2014 “Design duo Kueng Caputo make a splash at New York’s Salon 94 with their new furniture collection” Wallpaper Magazine Streiff Corti, David. “Design Miami/Basel,” NZZ am Sonntag, 9 June 2013, 14-15 S.I.,“Kueng Captuo: What Can Design Be?” Modern Painters, June 2013, 28 Koeberle, Susanna. “Boden Gutmachen” Ideales Heim, April 2013, 30-31 Little Things, February 2013, 68 Duschletta, Jon. “Die Stabelle Ist Jetzt Eine Irische Wollskulptur” Engadiner Post 7 Feb. 2013, 10
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2012
Browne, Alix. “True Grit,” T Times Magazine Blog . 23 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 June 2013 http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/true-grit/ Art Aurea, August 2012, 58 “Flying Shelf Regal von Kueng Caputo,” Suddeustche Zeitung Magazin Number 14, 5 Apr. 2012, 19 Picchi, Francesca. “Il Lato Imprevisto Degli Oggetti The Unexpected Side of Objects,” Domus 995 Feb. 2012, 66-71
2011
King, Lawrence. “Lampada A Stelo,”DIY Furniture, 2011, 56-59 Damn Magazine, Issue 30, October 2011, 114-115 Scahar, Barbara. “Die Kunst der Hommage Copy and Paste,” Form The Making of Design, Issue 240, September 2011, 30-31 Design Report 4/11, August 2011 Von Ruegger, Sarah. “Bereit Zum Einlochen.” Tages Anzeiger, 30 June, 2011, Web. 27 June 2013. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kunst/Bereit-zum-Einlochen-/story/13370759 Von Gernet, Joel. “Minigolf, Drinks und Panoramablick.” Basler Zeitung 8 Jun. 2011, Web. 27 Jun. 2013. http://bazonline.ch/basel/stadt/Minigolf-Drinks-und-Panoramablick/story/13055022 “Copy by Kueng Caputo,” De Zeen Magazine, 6 June 2011. Web. 27 June 2013 http://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/06/copy-by-kueng-caputo/ Von Horstmann, Katharina. “Originale, Plagiate, Prozesse.” Stylepark. 10 Jun 2011. Web. 27 Jun 2013 http://www.stylepark.com/de/news/originale-plagiate-prozesse/321208 Graphic Issue number 18, June 2011, 34-44 “Design in Bewegung,” IdealesHeim, April 2011, 24 “Zurich Based Duo Make Their US Debut,” Surface, April 2011, 49 Smith, Alicia. “Cloudy with a Chance of Fun,” The Post Standard, 17 March 2011, C-1 Ernst, Meret. “Winterakademie MIT Sarah Kung und Eva Maria Kupfer.” Hochparterre, February 2011 http://www.hochparterre.ch/nachrichten/design/blog/post/detail/winterakademie-mit-sarah-kuengund-eva-maria-kuepfer/1298499104/
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